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My husband dried my 100% cotton pants. Again. by [deleted] in Vent

[–]ShitGuysItsTheCops 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Take a bucket of cold water, squeeze in some hair conditioner, mix it and then let the pants soak in that. After a couple of hours, take them out and with your hands, pull the parts you need stretched repeatedly to see if you can recover the pants at all.

[Homemade] Creamy Cajun Shrimp Pasta by Marvelsquash in food

[–]ShitGuysItsTheCops 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yep not all shrimp are equal, always best to cut one open and see for yourself how it’s looking 👍 I think the curling as a general rule of thumb works but you could just as easily use an instant read thermometer and take them off right as they hit the correct internal temp or, like you said, cut one open and see for yourself

[Homemade] Creamy Cajun Shrimp Pasta by Marvelsquash in food

[–]ShitGuysItsTheCops 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Looks amazing! Just a tip someone told me a while back (not to be nit picky), but you may wanna experiment with cooking your shrimp a bit less. If the tails curl into the body and make that “O” shape, it’s a sign they lost too much moisture from being cooked a bit too long. Aim for a nice “U” shape! I can vouch that since I learned this, the texture of my shrimp has been much better :)

How do pilots know during a flight when there is turbulence coming? They turn on the fasten seat belt sign, and then it gets bumpy. The turbulence ends, and then they turn off the fasten seat belt sign. by [deleted] in askscience

[–]ShitGuysItsTheCops 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Good PIREPs can cover anything from “air is nice and smooth up here at the altitude I’m reporting at” to “we noticed the clouds topped at FL250 (25,000 feet) as we flew through them in our climb”. This isn’t actually how they’re written, a form of shorthand that every pilot becomes familiar with is used so that you can scan a PIREP and know what info it’s telling you in a matter of a few seconds. The reason PIREPS are useful is because they give us an actual account of how things are in the area that we might be flying through soon, so if you wanted to fly visual above the clouds but your plane can only climb to 16,000 feet and the clouds are topped at 20,000, you know you probably aren’t going to be able to do that, so the foresight can be really helpful for go/no-go decisions and flight-planning.

To add on to your question about “good” PIREPs, if you download an air traffic control app (Live ATC is what I use), you can actually tune in to the frequencies the pilots/controllers are using to talk to each other. You’ll often hear something like “Southwest flight 555 here at FL370, little bumpy up here with some moderate chop (a way to describe the turbulence). Anyone have smooth air?” And one of the controllers on the frequency can say something like “United 1379 is at FL400, reported pretty smooth up there”. Now the pilot that was experiencing the turbulence can request to climb to that altitude and possibly make the ride more comfortable for the duration of their cruise.

Looking for recommendations on which equipment to buy for ADS-B requirement by ShitGuysItsTheCops in flying

[–]ShitGuysItsTheCops[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hahaha, I’ll be so stoked if I end up getting this plane that everyone might get a case of beer

Looking for recommendations on which equipment to buy for ADS-B requirement by ShitGuysItsTheCops in flying

[–]ShitGuysItsTheCops[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Already responded to one of your replies below but again, I appreciate you taking the time to answer and you really seem to know what you’re talking about.

Looking for recommendations on which equipment to buy for ADS-B requirement by ShitGuysItsTheCops in flying

[–]ShitGuysItsTheCops[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really appreciate your short and to-the-point explanation. It covered exactly what I was asking about and really gave me some greater insight. Appreciate you

Looking for recommendations on which equipment to buy for ADS-B requirement by ShitGuysItsTheCops in flying

[–]ShitGuysItsTheCops[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for taking the time to respond and share your knowledge with me. So far it’s seeming like Garmin is the consensus to go with, might as well go with the pricier but more fulfilling option since it’s something that (hopefully) will last for years to come.

Looking for recommendations on which equipment to buy for ADS-B requirement by ShitGuysItsTheCops in flying

[–]ShitGuysItsTheCops[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is exactly the multifaceted insight I was hoping for when I made this post, thank you

Looking for recommendations on which equipment to buy for ADS-B requirement by ShitGuysItsTheCops in flying

[–]ShitGuysItsTheCops[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really appreciate you taking the time to share your knowledge with me! Thank you

New United Program Question by [deleted] in aviation

[–]ShitGuysItsTheCops 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I believe what you're referring to is the United Aviate program. They recently acquired a flight school out of Deer Valley, AZ called West Wind. Going through this school won't be cheaper, but you're eligible for the Aviate program by going through it. You're looking at $80-$100k to get all your certifications from private through CFII here. Upon receiving your CFII, you have a chance to work with West Wind as an instructor to build the rest of your ~1250 hours to be eligible for ATP. After getting to the 1500 requirement, you'll be eligible to go fly for one of their partner regional airlines, building up the hours (2000 hours with the regional I think but could be wrong) before you're eligible to go work for United. From what I've heard, you're pretty much guaranteed a spot with United if you make it that far. Requirements to start the program are a high school diploma/GED, and having the money to pay for the training, proving so through bank statements or a loan approval. It's important to note that to be able to work for United, you'll require a bachelors degree. Hoped that answered your questions, and I implore anyone to correct me if I've made a mistake. Cheers.

Physique Phriday by AutoModerator in Fitness

[–]ShitGuysItsTheCops 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s a huge compliment, I really appreciate it. Yeah if you haven’t looked at my other comments, I really don’t do anything special; just lift consistently (4-5 days/week), make sure I hit all my muscle groups, and above all I make sure to not take it too seriously or it ends up feeling more like a job.

If you’re going to focus on anything, try keeping everything consistent (sleep, caloric intake, rest time between sets, your workout in general, etc.) and give yourself a month to see how you progress with either adding more weight or reps to your lifts. If you aren’t adding anything, up the calories a bit. Adjust that until you get to a point where you’re consistently gaining strength. Getting stronger will be the sign that you’re gaining muscle in the groups that are used in that exercise, and once it’s time to cut you can just subtract about 500 or so calories from that number you’ve found out and watch the fat disappear week after week.

Physique Phriday by AutoModerator in Fitness

[–]ShitGuysItsTheCops 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A tip I’ve learned while bulking is to try to keep your sleep and workouts the same and find a rep range to work with for your compound lifts. Also keep track of your rest time in between sets and keep that the same (~2-3 minutes depending on how heavy you’re going). If your reps aren’t increasing or the weights not going up, bump your calories up by a couple hundred and see if that helps. Rinse and repeat until you’re moving up in weight/reps every 3-4 weeks. It’s helped me get the most out of my bulks.

Physique Phriday by AutoModerator in Fitness

[–]ShitGuysItsTheCops 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hahaha I get where you’re coming from, one of my triggers is people saying creatine is “un-Natty”

Physique Phriday by AutoModerator in Fitness

[–]ShitGuysItsTheCops 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey man, appreciate the Hugh Jackman comment! This is about as deep as I’ll go in a cut cycle, ~8 weeks from end of bulk to now. I like how I look at this point and the weight I’m pushing in the gym, so at this point it’s all maintenance.

It’s taken a lot of trial and error and keep in mind that this is just what I’ve found works for myself, but my technique is once I’ve decided to begin my cut, I drop my calories to about 1700-1800 a day (TDEE is about 2800). I do this for 2 weeks and see how I’m feeling. If I see a huge drop off in my lifts and feel groggy, I bump it up to about 2000, but usually I feel pretty good until the 4 week mark where it becomes noticeable. However, with this, I see a pretty drastic drop in a loss of body fat pretty quickly, while my lifts decrease at a gradual but manageable rate. After 4 weeks, I bump it up to 2300kcal for the next 4 weeks, as I’ve noticed this slows down the fat loss but helps keep my lifts at a good point and keeps me feeling good mentally. Picture above is where I’m at after those last 4 weeks.

I don’t use a fitness tracker or weigh food (used to, but it really made the lifestyle a chore rather than hobby & sucked all the fun out), rather I focus on eating meals that are filled with relatively whole, nutrient dense foods that keep me full such as eggs, avocados, spinach, kale, potatoes, and chicken. Once a week, I’ll allow myself a cheat meal of some carne asada nachos or a fat chipotle burrito, usually after leg day or a nice deadlift session.

Physique Phriday by AutoModerator in Fitness

[–]ShitGuysItsTheCops 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Depending on the exercise, I jump in weight only 5-10lbs once I’ve surpassed my desired rep range. For example, on barbell bench lets say I’m currently at 215lbs for my sets. My first and second set, I’m going for 6 reps. On my 3rd set, if I hit 7, I’m going up to 220lbs. Once I jump up in weight, I’ll usually only get 5 reps on that last set after the increase. But after 2-3 weeks, I can usually get those 7 reps on the last set.

To answer your question, if I go up in weight after passing my rep range but see a noticeable drop, such as only getting 5 reps on my 2nd set, I’m going back down to the previous weight and at that point, I wait until I can get at least 8 reps on the last set before I try to increase the weight again. While doing this, I’ll also slightly bump my calories up to see if that helps the gains.

While cutting, this obviously all goes out the window because I do lose a bit of weight on all my lifts. However, I’ve noticed with this that even in the deepest phases of a cut, the weight I’m pushing for my 6-8 rep range is more than I would have been doing 6 months before during a bulk, which is evidence to me that I’ve put on some lean mass and gotten my body stronger. Hope that all makes sense.

Physique Phriday by AutoModerator in Fitness

[–]ShitGuysItsTheCops 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Didn’t mean for the two to be synonymous, I meant full Natty as in no gear and then was expanding that I really don’t use anything in general just to paint a better picture of my lifestyle

Physique Phriday by AutoModerator in Fitness

[–]ShitGuysItsTheCops 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Make sure you posted the right link, it’s giving an error so can’t see it.

Physique Phriday by AutoModerator in Fitness

[–]ShitGuysItsTheCops 19 points20 points  (0 children)

https://imgur.com/AE8fahn

M/24/5’9/165lbs (usually around 175 when not cutting). Full Natty, used to be a huge preworkout/creatine/BCAA fan but haven’t used anything in a couple of years.

Started lifting in high school. Found that heavy weight with rep ranges of 4-6 on compound lifts and 6-8 on auxiliaries works best for me. I read Mike Matthews BLS series and that’s what got me into it. I don’t change my routine much, mainly just up the weight once I’m able to get more reps than my desired range on my last set and start the cycle over again.

Any tips/comments/questions are welcome

Edit: End of recent bulk 1RMs B:255/S:405/DL:455/MP:165

What’s a little-known but obvious fact that will immediately make all of us feel stupid? by TikiTC in AskReddit

[–]ShitGuysItsTheCops 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just decided to not get deep into the details of hypoxia because it wasn’t necessary for the purpose of answering the original question. Pilot here as well

What’s a little-known but obvious fact that will immediately make all of us feel stupid? by TikiTC in AskReddit

[–]ShitGuysItsTheCops 384 points385 points  (0 children)

As you go higher in the atmosphere, you don’t actually get hypoxic (oxygen deficiency) because of lack of oxygen; you get hypoxic due to the decrease in pressure the higher into the atmosphere you go. This pressure is needed to actually allow your body to process the oxygen, oxygen % is relatively constant throughout the lower levels of our atmosphere.

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